Subject: bin/14253: jot segfaults and dumps core with bad format string
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Jim Breton <jamesb-netbsd@alongtheway.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/15/2001 20:22:25
>Number: 14253
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: jot segfaults and dumps core with bad format string
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 15 13:23:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
>Release: NetBSD-release-1-5
>Organization:
>Environment:
x86, Pentium 100, 32 MB RAM, NetBSD-release-1-5 as of about a week ago
also confirmed by another user running 1.5.2 release
System: NetBSD lead.conflict.net 1.5.2 NetBSD 1.5.2 (LEAD) #8: Wed Sep 19 01:51:08 UTC 2001 jamesb@lead.conflict.net:/home/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/LEAD i386
>Description:
$ jot -w %0 10 1 10
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
The format string is bad, but jot should handle this gracefully; it does
so on FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
Fwiw another user on IRC using 1.5X/Sparc has said it does fail
gracefully on that system.
>How-To-Repeat:
See above.
Thanks.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: